Easy Chicken Curry

After eating all these holiday sweets, I'm ready for some "real" food again. This one is really easy and very good. I'm still looking for the "best" curry recipe that is potato based. If you have a perfect recipe, do share! Enjoy!

{EASY CHICKEN CURRY}

click here for a printable version of this recipe.

1 lb. chicken, cooked and shredded

1/4 c. butter

1 1/2 c. apple, chopped

1/2 c. onion, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

1/3 c. flour

2 tsp. curry

Salt  & Pepper

2 c. chicken broth

1 c. tomato juice (or 1/2 c. tomato sauce + 1/2 c. water)

1/2 tsp. worcestershire sauce

Cooked Jasmine Rice

Melt butter and add apple, onion, and garlic. Cook 5 minutes. Stir in flour, curry, salt and pepper. Add chicken broth, worcestershire sauce, and tomato juice. Cook and stir until thick. Add cooked chicken and heat through.

Toppings:

Raisins

Coconut, shredded

Sliced Almonds or peanuts

Pineapple tidbits

Serve curried chicken over bed of hot rice with any combination of toppings.

Mini White Chocolate Caramel Popcorn Balls

I realize I JUST posted the recipe for caramel popcorn. But I think I did mention they were completely addicting. Well, I made more this afternoon. 

Christmas is coming and we are ALL getting fat, right? Actually, I have to say we haven't been eating too many sweets this season. It's just been too busy. However, today I cracked. My son and I built doughnut hole snowmen as well as these yummy mini white chocolate caramel popcorn balls. It's more of an idea than an actual recipe. But, I think they'd make cute little Christmas gifts for your friends and neighbors. I mean, I'm not sharing mine with my neighbors, but you go ahead and do so.

Below are the instructions for the popcorn balls. And if you want to see our little doughnut hole snowman, click here. Enjoy!

{WHITE CHOCOLATE CARAMEL POPCORN BALLS}

1 batch Grandma's Caramel Popcorn {recipe found here}

1/4 c. white chocolate melting wafers

Make caramel popcorn according to recipe. Shape into mini popcorn balls and drizzle white chocolate over top.

Doughnut Hole Snowmen

Now listen, I realize this isn't a "high fashion" looking snowman. I realize I could have made another one that looked more photogenic. But I like this one, because I had a blast building it with my adorable 2-year-old son. 

My son is obsessed with snowmen this year. Me? I'd really rather stay inside than go out in the snow...that's daddy's job. So, we built these cute, little, indoor, doughnut-hole snowmen today. He LOVED it! And so did I. He was so surprised that he could have free reign with candy. It was adorable. 

So, here's just a fun food activity for you and your kids this winter season. Obviously you can use all different sorts of things to decorate, but here's what we used.

{DOUGHNUT HOLE SNOWMEN}

 -Powdered Sugar Doughnut Holes

- Pretzel Sticks

- Chocolate Grasshopper cookies

- Candy Corns

- Pull n' peel Licorice

- Marshmallows

- White Chocolate Wafers

Melt Chocolate wafers in microwave in 30 second intervals until it's runny. Spread a little dollop on your plate and stick first dough-nut hole on top (as the white chocolate sets up, it will be your "plaster"). Stick a pretzel in the dough-nut hole and place the next dough-nut hole on top. Put another pretzel in the middle dough-nut hole just until half is hidden. Stick the 3rd dough-nut hole on the pretzel that is exposed. Spread white chocolate on top of head and anchor a cookie on top for a hat. Decorate with candies as you like! Enjoy!